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Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette, a wealthy French nobleman, played a quietly prominent role in America’s struggle for independence from the British. La Fayette’s unwavering dedication to the pursuit of liberty, his skill as military officer, his ability to secure vital resources, and his impressive connections to the French Royal family and other key players of this era made him an invaluable asset in the American Revolution, and a significant piece of the French Revolution.

La Fayette was born on September 6, 1757 in the Castle of Chavagnac, in the southern region of France to a distinguished noble family. His lineage was already renowned throughout France for their military prowess beginning with Marshall of France, Gilbert Motler de La Fayette, who was a comrade in arms of Joan of Arc. His great-grandfather and uncle were also prominent military men. La Fayette’s father was a colonel of grenadiers, but was killed by the British in the Battle of Minden, on 1 August 1759, during the Seven Year Wars when La Fayette was only 2 years old. His destiny with war was almost a forgone conclusion.

La Fayette began his education in Paris in 1768 at the College du Plessis and the Academy of Versailles. Following the death of his mother and paternal grandfather in 1770, La Fayette inherited a vast fortune making him a very independently affluent orphan. He continued his studies until he joined the military on 9th April 1771, at the age of 14. He accepted a commission in the Royal Army as a second lieutenant in the Musketeers of the Guard. In 1773 at the age of sixteen, La Fayette married fourteen-year-old Marie Adrienne Francoise de Noailles, aligning himself wit...

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...lity and freedom, in both the American world and his own. To the end of his life, Lafayette held firm for representative government in his country. His dedication for American independence will never be forgotten and his name shall, for evermore, stand out to us in our history books.

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